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1487278

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Gender Dysphoria: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who sought gender reassignment surgery in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people seeking that surgery are fully informed of the implications.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	32536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>From 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022, there were 2,600 referrals in the United Kingdom to a National Health Service commissioned provider of specialised surgical interventions for the alleviation of gender dysphoria. NHS England's service specification stipulates that a referral for surgery can only be made by an NHS-commissioned gender dysphoria clinic, following a formal diagnosis of gender dysphoria.</p><p> </p><p>The specification also requires the patient's lead clinician in the specialist gender dysphoria clinic to ensure that patients are aware of the longer-term consequences of the interventions offered to them. The operating surgeon is required to obtain consent for the proposed intervention at a specific pre-operative appointment, to allow an informed process and for the patient to consider any relevant options and alternatives. It is the surgeon’s responsibility to determine that an individual is sufficiently healthy, physically and psychologically, to undergo surgery.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 13:27:28 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1487279

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who have sought treatment for their condition using medicinal cannabis in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	32537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 11:34:33 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1487291

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Statute of Limitation of three years will apply to people who are considering approaching NHS Resolution Pathway for medical negligence claims as a result of the IMMDS Review, particularly Transvaginal Mesh Injury.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Daly
uin	32635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Time limits for personal injury cases are governed by the Limitation Act 1980. The standard period for bringing a personal injury claim is three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued or three years from the injured person’s date of knowledge, if later. Under section 33 of the Act, the court has discretion to extend this period if it considers it would be equitable to do so, having regard to the various factors listed in this section. NHS Resolution will review claims received in the light of the factors listed in section 33 of the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 11:30:52 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

1487337

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to patients of the phone-only GP appointment booking system in use (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in the rest of England.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	32628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made as a phone-only booking system has not been implemented nationally. Patients can contact their general practitioner (GP) practice, including by telephone, in person and using a secure online form. NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that these methods are available to patients in GP practices on the Isle of Wight.</p><p>The GP Contract states that a practice must not enter into, renew or extend a contract or other arrangement for telephone services unless it is satisfied that patients will not be charged more for phoning the practice than phoning a geographical landline number. Where it is not possible for a practice to take reasonable steps to do so, the practice must consider introducing a system where if a caller asks for their call to be returned, this will be done at the practice’s own expense.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 18/07/2022 10:04:15 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1487376

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Bowel Cancer UK's survey on the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer published in April 2022, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	32516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest National Health Service ‘Help us, help you’ campaign focuses on the barriers to earlier presentation for all types of cancer to increase to earlier diagnosis. Following the most recent phase of the campaign between March and June 2022, there was a 1,600% increase in the number of visitors to information on cancer symptoms at NHS.UK. A further campaign is planned later this year to include abdominal and urological symptoms, which can relate to the symptoms of bowel cancer.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 14/07/2022 15:23:49 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1487377

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of regional variations in bowel cancer survival rates; and what steps his Department is taking to help tackle these variations.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	32517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The National Bowel Cancer Audit is currently underway which aims to improve care for bowel cancer patients and ensure equity in services.</p><p>The bowel cancer screening faecal immunochemical test (FIT) kit, introduced in England from April 2019, has increased uptake of bowel cancer screening. FIT has increased accessibility as it requires one stool sample, replacing multiple samples used by its predecessor. Information for patients on bowel cancer screening and how to use the screening kit is available in different languages and formats, including easy read and animations, to increase awareness and address potential variations in patient outcomes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 18/07/2022 09:55:07 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1487378

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to guidance from the British Society of Gastroenterology, what steps he is taking to promote and support the universal use of Quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Testing for symptomatic bowel cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	32518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The guidance from the British Society of Gastroenterology recommends that faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) can be implemented safely in primary care. New contractual requirements for Primary Care Networks to support early cancer diagnosis were published in March 2022. The updated requirements have been designed to support the delivery of specific commitments aligned to National Health Service planning guidance and improving referral practice, including the use of FIT.</p><p>In addition, the use of FIT to reduce demand on endoscopy capacity has been incentivised in the GP Contract for 2022/23. From 1 April 2022, practices are financially incentivised for the proportion of lower gastrointestinal faster diagnosis standard referrals accompanied by a FIT result, to ensure that 80% of referrals on this pathway are accompanied by a FIT result.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 14/07/2022 16:02:48 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1487403

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average waiting time for an NHS dentist appointment in (a) Ipswich and (b) the UK in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	32630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally, as appointments for National Health Service treatment in England are managed by dental practices.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 14/07/2022 14:49:22 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1487404

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Dentistry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require dentists to spend 50 per cent of their time working for the NHS for the first five years after they qualify.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	32631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to do so. Health Education England’s ‘Advancing Dental Care Review’, published in September 2021, made recommendations to address recruitment, retention and attract newly qualified dentists into the National Health Service. These recommendations will be implemented through the Dental Education Reform Programme.</p><p>The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement are negotiating with the British Dental Association on reforms to the dental contract to ensure that working in the NHS is more attractive for new dentists.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 11:30:21 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1487410

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the amount of research into motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	32543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed at least £50 million for research into motor neurone disease (MND) in the next five years. This includes a collaboration with charity funders to deliver a £4.25 million partnership with the MND research community to increase research and accelerate the delivery of new treatments. The National Institute for Health and Care Research welcomes research applications from researchers and has recently launched a highlight notice for MND to invite research proposals.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 11:43:43 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon